Since 1995, the Pasadena Partnership to End Homelessness has served as the lead agency for the Pasadena Continuum of Care. The Continuum of Care (CoC) is a planning process implemented by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 1994. As one of the largest sources of federal funding for programs that address the needs of people who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless, HUD recognized the need for a more coordinated, collaborative, and community-driven approach to allocating resources to communities. The Continuum of Care process is the process by which communities identify local needs, develop strategies, and submit a single application to HUD for funding for programs designed to meet the needs in the community.

The Pasadena Partnership is governed by a Board of Directors composed of representatives from the community. In its role as the lead agency for the CoC, the Pasadena Partnership promotes integrated, community-wide strategies and plans to prevent and end homelessness; provides coordination among the numerous local organizations and initiatives that serve the homeless population, and manage the CoC’s single, comprehensive grant application to HUD for McKinney-Vento funding which includes Continuum of Care funds and State Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds.

Our Mission

The Pasadena Partnership to End Homelessness is dedicated to planning and developing evidence-based strategies to prevent and end homelessness in Pasadena, CA.

Funding Opportunities

Throughout the year, the Pasadena Partnership to End Homelessness solicits requests for applications for various funding opportunities. The intent of these fund are to allow the Partnership to address the needs of persons experiencing homelessness in Pasadena. To view current funding opportunities, please click on the links below.

HOPE Team Street Outreach Services Liaison Application period is now closed.

The City of Pasadena Department of Housing is pleased to share our Request For Proposals for a Street Outreach Services Liaison who will work in conjunction with the Police Department’s Homeless Outreach Psychiatric Evaluation (HOPE) team. The liaison will engage directly with people experiencing homelessness on the streets of Pasadena in collaboration with the HOPE team to effectively support people transitioning from a housing crisis to housing stability.

All submissions are due by January 22, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. All questions must be submitted in writing by January 15, 2020. Answers to the questions submitted are available for download here.

Please register for the City’s web-enabled electronic bidding system to access the RFP documents using the following link, or you can download the RFP directly here.

Each year the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) releases a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), signifying the beginning of a funding competition among approximately 450 Continuums of Care (CoC). The Pasadena Partnership is responsible for administering the Pasadena CoC application.

As an Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Entitlement city, the City of Pasadena receives an annual allocation of ESG funds and releases a Request for Proposal (RFP) biennially with guidelines to apply for those funds.